Time of foreign policy challenges
Time of foreign policy challenges
Foreign policy is important at any time, but the 55th Otago Foreign Policy School this weekend takes place at a time more significant than most, organisers say.
Mike Houlahan
Shimmering show of charity
Shimmering show of charity
The stars came out at daytime in Dunedin’s Octagon, as cans donated to Presbyterian Support Otago’s annual Octacan appeal were formed into a replica of the Matariki constellation.
Taxi damaged after collision with bus
Taxi damaged after collision with bus
A taxi has been seriously damaged after a collision with a bus in central Dunedin.
Churchill & Son
Churchill & Son
Every few years a new author comes along and fossicks through the Churchill family dirty linen to see what tawdry details remain. Josh Ireland's the latest historian on the conveyor belt, and has found scandal aplenty to fill Churchill & Son.
Survivor’s Dry July supports cancer causes
Survivor’s Dry July supports cancer causes
Wayne Fa’asega has a better reason than most to remember the day New Zealand went into Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown: it was the day he began chemotherapy for bowel cancer.
Worry about fingers in monetary policy pie
Worry about fingers in monetary policy pie
Late on Tuesday evening, just before the country got completely distracted by the rude reappearance of Covid-19 on its radar screen, Parliament took another step towards reimagining how the Reserve...
Scanning rates poor: academic
Scanning rates poor: academic
A Covid-19 scare in Wellington is a warning Dunedin is not exempt, a University of Otago academic says.
Scramble for virus testing in South
Scramble for virus testing in South
Southerners flocked to be tested for Covid-19 yesterday, after Wellington shifted to Alert Level 2 following a weekend visit by a Sydney man suspected of having the highly infectious Delta variant.
Testing urged for those in South with symptoms
Visited Wellington at weekend? Got symptoms? Get tested
Southerners who were in Wellington last weekend and have since begun to feel ill with Covid-19 symptoms are being urged to arrange a test.
Good vibrations at pop-up vaccination centre
Good vibrations at pop-up vaccination centre
Few medical centres have a festive atmosphere, but Te Kaika, in Dunedin, does its business a bit differently to everyone else.
Mental health bed usage falls
Mental health bed usage falls
While other district health boards are facing crowded mental health wards and placing patients in rooms not designed for purpose, the Southern DHB is using fewer of its acute mental health beds.
Planners clarify maternity services
Planners clarify maternity services
Planners have released extra details of maternity services in the new Dunedin hospital, after midwives raised concerns about proposed bed numbers in the facility.
Peters promises ‘we are coming back’
Peters promises ‘we are coming back’
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has emerged from political exile to claim credit for saving the "East Side" railway workshops in Dunedin.
Dunedin club rugby referee recovering after on-field heart failure
Dunedin club rugby referee recovering after on-field heart failure
Rugby referee Tim Wills is on the road to recovery after collapsing with heart failure near the end of a club game in Dunedin on Saturday.
Southern Say: Flock of Greens flying regularly to Dunedin
Southern Say: Flock of Greens flying regularly to Dunedin
Green MPs Elizabeth Kerekere and Eugenie Sage are in Dunedin tomorrow hosting a public meeting on housing. They aren't the first representatives to pop down in recent times - and they're not going to be the last, writes Mike Houlahan.
Covid jabs: what you need to know
Covid vaccinations: what you need to know
The wider community has plenty of questions about how the Covid-19 vaccine rollout will work. Health reporter Mike Houlahan asked SDHB representatives some of the many questions from ODT readers.
Southern vaccinators getting ready for big push
Southern vaccinators getting ready for big push
The southern Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is at the end of the beginning.
Career has been ‘so rewarding and satisfying’
Career has been ‘so rewarding and satisfying’
In the unofficial race between Dunedin Hospital radiation therapist Gaynor Chronican and the oncology department’s Varian linear accelerator machine to retire first, Ms Chronican will claim victory...
0,000 building costs
0,000 building costs
The cash-strapped Southern District Health Board has had to find $500,000 to bring 34 of its buildings up to standard.
Uncertainty about safe staffing levels at SDHB
Uncertainty about safe staffing levels at SDHB
Both southern nurses and the Southern District Health Board have grave concerns whether the organisation will be able to meet safe staffing requirements.